Informed consent: can we educate patients?
Previous reports have shown consent to be 'short' of informed in many cases. One hundred patients, including a control group, were interviewed between 2 and 7 days after their operations. Those given an information sheet before the operation had a better recall of their operations than the controls, the overall awareness being 97 and 69% respectively. This may have medico-legal implications but further studies are required.
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Department of Surgery, Bury General Hospital, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D032962:Consent Forms; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies